On 6 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard.

During the Russo-Ukrainian War and Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied parts of Russia's Kursk Oblast. It was the first time since World War II that Russian territory was occupied by a foreign military.

Jan 6, 2025 · Ukraine on Sunday launched a shock new incursion into Russia's Kursk region, with battlefield maps showing reported advances. Newsweek has reached out to the Russian and Ukrainian Defense...

Jan 5, 2025 · The Kursk offensive – the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II – took Russia and Ukraine’s allies by surprise when it was launched.

Jan 13, 2025 · Ukraine put up razor wire defenses along the border with Russia’s Kursk region. Image Ukrainian tanks are outfitted with metal netting to protect against drone attacks.

Nov 11, 2024 · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the...

Aug 16, 2024 · Russia’s regions of Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod share a 1,160-kilometer (720-mile) border with Ukraine. That includes a 245-kilometer (152-mile) section in the Kursk region. This frontier had only symbolic protection before Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. It’s been reinforced since then with checkpoints on key roads and field fortifications ...

Aug 22, 2024 · When thousands of Ukrainian troops stormed into Kursk on Aug. 6, they appeared to meet little resistance. Ukrainian officials released videos of Russian soldiers waving white flags in...

Sep 14, 2024 · Soldiers and military analysts say that Ukraine is largely holding onto land it seized in the Kursk region, even as Moscow has begun a counterattack. Digging through the wreckage of a home...

Aug 15, 2024 · Ukraine is pushing farther into Russia’s Kursk region after claiming hundreds of square miles of territory in a surprise cross-border attack that began last week, Ukraine’s President...